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Are you ready to face the wild? Extreme Survival throws you headfirst into the most unforgiving environments on Earth. This is where raw human instinct meets the brutal force of nature. Extreme Survival explores true stories of survival, from harrowing wilderness escapes to mastering essential bushcraft skills. We break down the strategies, mental fortitude, and gear that make the difference between life and death. New episodes drop daily, Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM. Each installment delivers gripping narratives, expert insights into survival techniques, and practical tips for wilderness preparedness that will sharpen your own capabilities. Perfect for adventurers, preppers, and anyone fascinated by the limits of human resilience against extreme conditions. If you're looking to understand what it truly takes to endure, this podcast is for you. Subscribe now and prepare for the unexpected.

  1. 17 hr ago

    Cairned? The Boot, The Error, And Eleven Miles Wrong

    Cairned? The Boot, The Error, And Eleven Miles Wrong A solitary hiking boot stood upright on a gate post at 5:51 AM-lace removed, toe pointing south, and inside a granola bar wrapper with W A T R scratched into the foil. Eleven miles of satellite data sent the search teams the wrong way; why did a methodical man with a tested Garmin InReach end up unconscious sixty yards east of that gate? In this episode, we follow the timeline from John Harrison’s last normal Wednesday at the Millstone Grill to the morning a fourteen-year-old found evidence on Piedra Mesa Road, and we trace how a single question mark on a registration card-"cairned?"-became central to understanding his route and the search that missed him. How did careful planning, cairns, and one registration note all factor into where he was found? Person: John Harrison Age: 44 Date: January 4-8 (event span) Location: Piedra Mesa Road, Kern County Device: Garmin InReach satellite communicator - At 5:51 AM on January 8 a fourteen-year-old bicyclist found a hiking boot upright on the Ortega Grazing Allotment gate post. - The boot contained a folded granola bar wrapper with four letters scratched into the foil: W, A, T, R. - Hospital staff recorded a core body temperature of 93.4°F for the man found 60 yards east of the gate at 6:22 AM. - John had written "cairned?" with a question mark in the notes section of the hike registration card before he reached the trailhead. - Search teams were misdirected by eleven miles due to reliance on satellite data from his Garmin InReach. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Cairned? The Boot, The Error, And Eleven Miles Wrong

  2. 1 day ago

    Left His Pole, Not His Plan: How a Broken Knee Became Survival Math

    Left His Pole, Not His Plan: How a Broken Knee Became Survival Math Cold, isolated, and making decisions like a human calculator: a carbon-fiber trekking pole snapped and wrapped in blood was found on top of snow after a blizzard, placed there by someone who had walked out of the mountain alive - so where did he go, and how did he convert dwindling resources into the exact moves that kept him alive? This episode zeroes in on one man's step-by-step survival arithmetic and a single broken knee that turned a planned 102-mile route into a race against thermodynamics and time. In this episode, we follow the timeline from the planned start at Millhaven Pass through the Calloway Hundred and into the moment everything changed, describing the choices, terrain, and gear that mattered and asking whether the final decisions were the result of training, calculation, or sheer will. Person: Eric Graham Date: December 18-19, 2023 Event: Calloway Hundred self-supported route Location: Ridgetop Bench and Fenwick Branch crossing on Calloway Hundred Road Status: Found in hospital; pole discovered by snowplow operator Thomas Hicks - At 6:14 AM on December 19, 2023, Thomas Hicks struck a snapped carbon-fiber trekking pole in a roadside ditch while plowing Calloway Hundred Road. - Eric Graham began the Calloway Hundred at 6:00 AM on December 18, 2023, from Millhaven Pass with a plan and two days of winter kit. - He hit Ridgetop Bench at 7:18 PM on December 18 with temperature around 9°F and snow at about one inch per hour when his right knee popped and structurally failed. - Fenwick Branch crossing is near mile 71 and is a single 12-inch diameter pine log spiked with steel nails; the eastern bank bolt had been loosening since October per maintenance records. - Eric completed a 100-mile ultramarathon the previous August in just over 28 hours, demonstrating experience in pacing, solitude, and calculated endurance. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Left His Pole, Not His Plan: How a Broken Knee Became Survival Math

  3. 2 days ago

    She Set a Mug on Fire Every Morning - How She Survived

    She Set a Mug on Fire Every Morning - How She Survived Snow and silence at 9,200 feet hid one stubborn signal: a ceramic coffee mug burning at the same minute every morning for four days. How did a fifty-four-year-old expedition cook with a broken radio, a blizzard at her back, and six days of food turn a daily habit into a rescue beacon? In this episode, we tell what happened when Cynthia Green was left alone on a granite shelf in the Crestfall range after an evacuation and the plan to extract her failed - and how a routine from her life off the mountain became the core of her survival. What precise system did she use that made search-and-rescue read the report three times? Person: Cynthia Green Age: 54 Location: Crestfall range, Weller Basin base camp (approx. 9,200 feet) Event: Antenna connector failure on Motorola field radio at -14°F Duration: Blizzard lasted 61 hours - Cynthia had been an expedition cook for 11 years and tracked propane, weather windows, and meal inventory. - She woke at 6:15 every morning for years to feed her diabetic cat before a 7:00 insulin window. - Base camp was established on November 3 at roughly 9,200 feet and had six people on the team. - On November 9 Kevin Lau fractured his left tibia, prompting a helicopter extraction that left Cynthia behind on November 10. - At 7:12 AM on November 10 Cynthia transmitted on the Motorola radio; the internal diagnostic later confirmed the transmission but the antenna had sheared from metal fatigue. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    She Set a Mug on Fire Every Morning - How She Survived

  4. 3 days ago

    Trapped Nine Feet Up: How He Counted Scratches to Survive

    Trapped Nine Feet Up: How He Counted Scratches to Survive The canyon wall held thirty-one horizontal scratches climbing six feet of sandstone, each paired with a number pressed into dried mud - a deliberate tally scratched into rock while a man clung to a ledge nine feet above a rising flood. How did those marks map the slow arithmetic of survival, and why did a thermal image that seemed to show him twenty-four hours earlier point to nothing when rescuers arrived? In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the storm over Breckenridge Plateau to the moment Curtis Walker chose the Finger extension and became trapped, and we trace the actions he took to survive - including the markings he left on the wall - while asking how preparation met unpredictability in the canyon. Person: Curtis Walker Date: October 11-16, 2011 Location: the Finger, a side passage in the Caldera system on Piñon Mesa Event: trapped on a ledge nine feet above canyon floor after flash flood Detail: thirty-one horizontal scratches paired with numbers across six feet of sandstone - Curtis turned twenty-two in August 2011 and had seven years of solo canyoneering experience. - The Finger narrows to fourteen inches at its tightest point and ends in a pour-over that reconnects above the final narrows. - A storm over the Breckenridge Plateau delivered two and a half inches of rain in six hours thirty-one miles northwest of Piñon Mesa. - The flood in the Finger rose to eleven feet, leaving Curtis’s ledge two feet above the waterline. - Curtis rationed water to three small swallows every four hours while trapped. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Trapped Nine Feet Up: How He Counted Scratches to Survive

  5. 4 days ago

    Alone in a Two-Knot Current: How She Swam While the Boat Vanished

    Alone in a Two-Knot Current: How She Swam While the Boat Vanished A lone swimmer lost in a two-knot eastward current, an escort boat that died without warning, and a laminated navigation card found dry and legible three hundred feet uphill - how did she survive and how did that card travel into a locked courtyard? This episode centers on a precise eight-hour gap framed by a vanished vessel and a baffling piece of evidence. In this episode, we present the sequence of events from the morning Sherry Vickers entered the Strait of Gibraltar to the discovery of the navigation card, outlining the conditions, the crew, and the critical decisions that followed; can the card-and the strait’s hidden layers-explain the impossible trajectory? Person: Sherry Vickers Date: September 9, 2011 Location: Strait of Gibraltar, from Punta Carnero to Punta Carnero Event: Escort boat engine failure at 06:52; radio transmission at 07:14 Finding: Laminated navigation card found six weeks later on Tarifa bluffs - At 05:47 Sherry Vickers entered the water; surface temperature 68°F and air 61°F. - Sixty-five minutes into the swim (06:52) the escort boat Meridian Cross’s engine suddenly stopped. - The surface current pushed east at roughly 2.2 knots while a westward undercurrent flowed 8-12 feet below. - Twenty-two minutes after the engine died (07:14) Donna Pirtle transmitted the last confirmed position to the Association in Algeciras. - Six weeks later Pamela Rafferty found a dry laminated navigation card with annotations in Sherry Vickers’s handwriting wedged behind a gas meter housing on the Tarifa bluffs. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Alone in a Two-Knot Current: How She Swam While the Boat Vanished

  6. 5 days ago

    She Rode the Wrong Drainage - Survived Six Days By Reading Water Like Music

    She Rode the Wrong Drainage - Survived Six Days By Reading Water Like Music Her survival hinged on one engineer’s ability to read desert water like sheet music: after descending eleven miles of switchbacks, she ignored a locked gate and followed how the land drained - and spent six days living off seeps and a single emergency gel. How did a composition notebook margin note and a chain of unconnected strangers end up saving her life? In this episode, we follow the timeline from a truck parked at Cinder Notch Pass to a low ridge above a dry tributary where a search volunteer found a sixty-two-year-old woman sitting on a rock; we cover the route choices, the margin note that mapped drainage to State Route 95, and the missed search area that delayed rescue - what exactly let her navigate six days alone? Person: Amy Andrews Date: August 3-8, 2019 Location: Cinder Notch Pass to Reyes Wash, eastern Nevada Event: Six-day solo survival after wrong-route descent Finder: Trish Malone - Amy Andrews was sixty-two years old when found sitting on a flat rock on August 8, 2019 at 4:47 p.m. - She descended eleven miles of switchbacks from Cinder Notch Pass (approximate elevation 8,000 feet). - Her composition notebook contained a margin note: "Alvarez west face drains to Reyes Wash - Reyes Wash hits 95 at mile marker forty-one or forty-two." - Search teams initially deployed three ground teams and a helicopter eastward toward Garnet Creek and found nothing on Monday and Tuesday. - A ranch hand found a cycling helmet about two hundred yards from the water on Sunday, August 4, but did not connect it to a missing person. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    She Rode the Wrong Drainage - Survived Six Days By Reading Water Like Music

  7. 6 days ago

    He Drove Through July Ice - How a Rancher Survived a Frozen Lake

    He Drove Through July Ice - How a Rancher Survived a Frozen Lake A rancher drove a snowmobile through what looked like solid ground in July, punched straight through four feet of summer water, and left an oil sheen that saved his life-how did a routine morning on a Montana ranch spiral into a fight for survival, and what precise move bought him time in 41°F water? In this episode, we follow the timeline from a torn paper-bag note on a shed door to a submerged snowmobile at Copperline Lake, tracing the ordinary failures that stacked up and the one deliberate action that kept Bruce Stewart alive-what happened between his 5:40 a.m. departure and the discovery? Person: Bruce Stewart Date: July 12, 2019 Location: Copperline Lake, Duvall County, Montana Animal: Patch (golden retriever) Event: Snowmobile found submerged in four feet of summer water - Bruce left the equipment shed at 5:40 a.m. on July 12, 2019 and wrote one note: "Checking south end of lake, back by noon." - Copperline Lake had been ice-free for ten weeks before the snowmobile was found nose-down in four feet of water. - The air temperature when Bruce left was 51 degrees Fahrenheit. - Fallow Creek ranch covers 12,000 acres and the Stewart family has owned it for three generations. - Bruce performed a precise action in 41-degree water that produced an oil sheen on the lake surface and bought him enough time to be found. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    He Drove Through July Ice - How a Rancher Survived a Frozen Lake

  8. 28 Aug

    How Eleven Years of Skill Failed Him on the Flats

    How Eleven Years of Skill Failed Him on the Flats The tide swallowed a camera bag whole and a seasoned fisherman found a dry camera in gray mud - but the owner, a man with eleven years of experience and a GPS, vanished into a wall of fog; how can a sequence of small, rational choices add up to disappearance on the flats? What single overlooked failure turned routine into disaster? In this episode, we walk through the timeline of June 17, 1998, and follow the facts left behind: the equipment Steven Fleming carried, his routines, and the sequence of failures that unfolded on Skaggit Flats - could a hairline crack and a shifted zipper explain everything? Person: Steven Fleming Age: 48 Location: Skaggit Flats Date: June 17, 1998 Finder: Norman Porter, age 61 - Fleming left home at 4:50 AM expecting to be back before 8:00 AM. - He had been photographing shorebirds since 1987, a total of eleven years of trips. - The Garmin eTrex GPS showed three signal bars at departure and went dark at 6:40 AM. - Fleming carried a Nikon F5 with a 300mm lens inside a canvas bag with a reinforced zipper. - The camera bag was found half-buried in gray mud and the camera inside was completely dry. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

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Are you ready to face the wild? Extreme Survival throws you headfirst into the most unforgiving environments on Earth. This is where raw human instinct meets the brutal force of nature. Extreme Survival explores true stories of survival, from harrowing wilderness escapes to mastering essential bushcraft skills. We break down the strategies, mental fortitude, and gear that make the difference between life and death. New episodes drop daily, Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM. Each installment delivers gripping narratives, expert insights into survival techniques, and practical tips for wilderness preparedness that will sharpen your own capabilities. Perfect for adventurers, preppers, and anyone fascinated by the limits of human resilience against extreme conditions. If you're looking to understand what it truly takes to endure, this podcast is for you. Subscribe now and prepare for the unexpected.

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